Staining-machine



(No Model.)

0. BEOHLY.

- STAINING MACHINE. No. 348,375. Patented Aug. 31, 1886.

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CHARLES BEOHLY, OF SHEBOYGAN, \VISCONSIN.

STAINING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,375, dated August31,1886.

Application filed Juno 1, 1886. Serial No. 203,717.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BECHLY, of Sheboygan, in the county ofSheboygan, and in the State oHViseonsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Machines for Staining Cigar-Box Lumber; and I dohereby declare that the following; is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to machines for staining cigar-box lumber; auditconsists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will behereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a top plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, alongitudinal vertical section; Fig. 3, a detail view of theindentingroller, and Fig. 4 a similar view of a roughened roller.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the main frame of mymachine,provided with suitable bearings for the journals ofstaining-rollers B 0, these latter parts being arranged to depend into apan, D, that is secured to said frame by hangers a or other suitablemeans, and serves to contain stainingliquid,that is poured in from thetop, and this pan has its bottom provided with a faucet, I), throughwhich the liquid may be drawn off.

Each of the staining-rollers B G has keyed to one of its journals agear-wheel, E, and motion is communicated to these gearwheels by apinion, F, on a power-shaft, G, having its bearings in the frame A, andkeyed at one end to a fly-wheel, G.

J ournaled in bearings in the frame A, immediately above and parallel tothe stainingrollers B O, are pressure-rollers H H, that revolve only byfrictional contact with the lumber, the journal-boxes of these rollershaving a vertical play in guides c of said frame, this play beinglimited by elastic cushions d and followers e, operative between theguides, and adjusted by means of set-screws I, that have their bearingsin plates K,bolted to said guides.

Bolted to the inner sides at each end of the frame are transverse platesL, that support and guide the lumber on its passage between the stainingand pressure rollers.

The staining-roller 0 (shown in detail, Fig. 3) is constructed withspiral beads f and grooves g, that obliquely indent the lumber (Nomodel.)

passed through the machine to leaveZslight furrows,into which thestaining-liquid collects.

In the operation of my invention the lumber is fed to the rollers fromeither end of the machine, the pressure rollers being given sufficientvertical play according to the thickness of said lumber. The rollers 13O carry up the staining-liquid from the pan D and deposit it on thelumber, and the pressure of the rollers H forces the stain 'into thepores and causes an even distribution on the face of said lumber. As agreater amount of staining material will collect in the furrows causedby the beads and grooves on the staining-roller C than on other parts ofthe lumber,a darker color will be obtained along the line of theseindentations, thus giving said lumber the streaked appearance desirablein cigar-box material made from bass or other white wood stained toresemble cedar, the latter being the preferable color and the one mostgener' ally employed. As before stated, the lumber is fed to the machinefrom either end, and, having been acted upon by one set of the rollers,passes on to the next to receive a second coat of the stain; and, iffound desirable, the respective sets of straining and pressure roll ersmay be multiplied to increase the number of coats of the liquid materialupon said lumber, and thereby give the latter a darker color; or but oneset may be employed for light staining, and in this instance the staining roller would be preferably beaded and grooved for the purpose abovedescribed. \Vhen two or more sets of the rollers are employed, the onesthat carry up the stain from the pan other than the indenting-roller arepreferably roughened 011 their faces, as shown by Fig. 4, to facilitatethe operation, said stain being better collected on a roller of suchconstruction.

By the construction above described I provide a machine that willrapidly stain the lumber in large quantities at a saving in labor andtime, as a single operative can feed to and IOO what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A machine for staining cigar-box lumber, that comprises one or aseries of staining-rollers journaled in a suitable frame and revolvedwithin a receptacle containing liquid stain, and one or a series ofpressure-rollers, also journaled in the frameimmediately above andparallel to the first-named roller or series of rollers, as set forth,

2. A machine for staining cigar-box lumber, that comprises one or aseries of staining-rollers journaled in a suitable frame and revolvedwithin a receptacle containing liquid stain, and one or a series ofvertically yielding pressure-rollers, also journaled in the frameimmediately above and parallel to the firstnamed roller or series ofrollers, as set forth.

3. A machine for staining cigar-box lumber, that comprises one oraseries of staining-rollers journaled in a suitable frame and revolvedwithin a receptacle containing liquid stain, any one of these stainingrollers provided with spiral beads and grooves, and one or a series ofpressure-rollers,also journaled in the frame immediately above andparallel to the first-named roller or series of rollers, as set forth.

4. A machine for staining cigar-box lumber, that comprises twostaining-rollers journaled liquid stain suspended below the last-namedrollers, and provided with a discharge-faucet, as set forth.

5. A machine for staining cigar-box lumber, that comprises one or aseries of rough-faced staining-rollers journaled in a suitable frame andrevolved within a receptacle containing liquid stain, and one or aseries of pressure rollers,alsojournaled in the frame immediately aboveand parallel to the first-named roller or series of rollers, as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BEQHLY.

"Witnesses:

H, G. UNDERwooD, M AURIOE F. FREAR.

